Working Mum's Balance of Career and Family

HR Magazine published an interesting article this morning discussing the work/life balance that working mothers face. Famed Hollywood actress Sarah Jessica Parker is returning to the big screen this weekend with her new film ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’. Based on a novel written over a decade ago, it follows the difficulties a working mother faces with balancing her career and her family. Unfortunately, it turns out that Kate (Parker) cannot ‘have it all’. Women have been balancing their careers and motherhood more and more in recent decades and the questions begs: “is it possible to successfully combine career and family?” 

In today's modern times, we think yes. With the increase in family friendly employment legislation steadily over the last decade working parents are now able to request:

• More flexible working arrangements
• Better pay and benefits when on maternity or paternity leave. 

If all businesses were like a Hollywood movie, it would mean that it is all resolved happily in the end. However advice to business owners, there have been many high profile cases surrounding a business’s failure to deal with flexible working requests by members of eligible staff for example Commotion Ltd v Rutty 2006


Don’t count on Hollywood to give any answers – Get in touch with The HR Dept!